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Lesvos

Conservation project

The conservation donation for this holiday went to Friends of Green Lesvos, which will put the money towards efforts to improve management at the salt pans at Polychnitos.

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Friends of Green Lesbos campaigns for policies and actions to defend, protect and enhance the environment of the island. The future of the salt pans at Polychnitos and Kalloni is a current concern where the cessation of salt production threatens birds, including stilts and flamingos.

Supported by Honeyguide, in November 2008 the group published a book on the dragonflies of Lesbos (right). The 43 species found on the island are briefly described and illustrated with a photograph. It includes a brief discussion of dragonfly ecology and habitats, illustrations of other insects that may be confused with dragonflies, a gazetteer of the main dragonfly sites and a discussion of problems of dragonfly conservation.

Copies can be ordered through Honeyguide or directly for £15. All profits from sales of the book go towards wildlife and habitat conservation on the island.

John Bowers, The Dragonflies of Lesbos, Mytiline, Greece, 2008, 92 pages,
26 photographic plates, ISBN 978-960-939703-1

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There is a network of Important Bird Areas in Greece, details of which are on HOS's website. This link takes you through to the North Aegean page, from where there are links to several areas on Lesvos.